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#FBrape: Tying Up the Loose Ends

Censorship is always a tricky subject when it comes to the Internet. The lines can get so blurred that deciphering where one side ends and the other begins is like trying to see the boat in one of...

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Feminist-on-Racist Violence

Update: I’ve since spoken to Ellen, and she claims that she not only expected the man mentioned in the story to try and hit her, but that he did attempt to hit her (tweet). Obviously (well, obvious if...

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The BBC Newsnight Debacle (Block_Bot)

Let’s get some back story. Following the harassment that Caroline Criad0-Perez received, BBC’s Newsnight program did a piece on Twitter abuse. Here is said piece.     If you’re at all familiar with...

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Understanding Twitter

Abusive behaviour on social networking platforms—specifically Twitter—has been a hot topic lately. From the abuse Caroline Criado-Perez received, and Caitlin Moran’s #twittersilence campaign, to the...

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For the rain it raineth every day

I recently had a tweet brought to my attention via somebody I follow on twitter. The tweet reads: “Is it just me or is the use of rape imagery in these minicab calling cards a tad bit inappropriate?”...

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ElevatorGATE, Storify and AnaMardoll

This is a response to a request for interview from Kelly Diels of Salon.com: Hello, I’m so pleased you’re considering commenting on the story. There are two ways we could conduct an interview. 1) By...

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“The Making Of” That Infographic

This is not an op-ed, blog post, or editorial. I warn you now, this will be neither interesting nor an ‘easy read’. It is purely to explain how I got the information for the infographic I recently...

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I’ll Just Leave This Here…

Just a short post. I’m currently reading a book titled The Science of the Discworld IV (I highly recommend the series), and I just came across a passage that I thought you (the people who are likely to...

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Twitter for Dummies

I’ve written on the topic of misunderstanding Twitter before, but that post focused only on those pesky legal issues that were causing so much confusion. Things like how Twitter only stated in plain...

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Reverse Pushback Mentality

A constant point of contention in the skeptic community—especially those parts of it where gender issues collide—is the use of words. Big words, little words, real words, fake words that need a...

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ASJP 1 – The Pilot Show

For the first experimental edition of the Antisocial Justice Podcast, Zoe and John ramble on for nearly an hour and a half about the Steubenville rape atrocity, swearing in front of your kids, and...

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AJSP 2 — All The Rs

We did another one! This time we talk about the infamous Caroline Criado-Perez, and how one woman’s innocent enough campaign to get better female representation on British bank notes soon spiraled into...

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AJSP 3 — Him Him Him Him THEY!

We made to to podcast number three! Yay. This time around we talk about the reason hostilities between Atheism Plus and Skepchick, with much a tangent and many mockeries. We cover the rarely discussed...

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ASJP 4 — Bucket of Death!

It’s a bumper episode this week. The infamous GodlessSmeghead (off of Twitter) joins us in our first attempt at having a guest on to talk about the increasingly bad blood between social justice...

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ASJP 5 — Rape Pockets

We’re a little late with this one, but better late than never, right? We’re talking Rape Culture. Specifically the #rapecultureiswhen hashtag on Twitter, and as close to an in depth discussion on Rape...

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ASJP 6 — This Podcast Gave Me PTSD

Given the timing of this podcast, we couldn’t not talk about Melody Hensley’s epic Twitter PTSD. Everyone else is! We also find time to throw in a few plugs, recount @SubManUSN‘s recent experience with...

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ASJP 7 — Storify Raped Me

It’s a guestisode! That’s right, I made up a word. This week Damion Reinhardt (@D4M10N) of the Oklahoma Atheist Godcast joins us to talk about Storify harassment, “pile on” culture, and rape alley....

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ASJP 8 — Get Your Own Culture!

In what will either be the start of ASJP going weekly—or just an anomaly in our release schedule—it’s just Zoe and John for this show, dedicated to the latest SJW fad, Cultural Appropriation....

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ASJP 9 — Talk Dirty To Me

We conned were lucky enough to have another guest this week in the form of YouTube and Twitter’s own SubManUSN. We like to take care of our guests, so we picked a topic that allowed us to look at a...

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ASJP 10 — Label Me, Baby!

In a rare feat of organisation, Zoe and I managed to put together yet another weekly edition. This is almost becoming a habit. It’s a guestless show this time around, and we’re talking about labels....

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ASJP 11 — Reparate Me

The one and only Justin Vacula (not VacUla) was kind enough to lend us some of his time. We used it to make sex jokes. There was talk of racial reparation, atheism in America, and other overwhelmingly...

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ASJP 12 — Blow a Hobo

We’re still here, real life distractions be damned! This week, Zoe brings an interesting story of homeless people, oral sex, and negrophobia to the table. Meanwhile, John insults Danish people....

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ASJP 13 — Boob Assault!

For lucky 13, Zoe found a picture of a fat guy for us to talk about for an hour. This may be the pinnacle of podcasting. Cue some [hopefully] interesting talk on double standards between the genders....

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ASJP 14 — Human Garbage

It’s been a while, but we’re back and we’re talking trans. Arguably, the SJWism is stronger in that community than in any other, so know there’s some good stuff to talk about. Also on the pod, a little...

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ASJP Hash Tag Special 1 — #FeministsAreUgly

As a little bonus for our wonderful listeners, we thought we’d do a short bonus podcast to slot nicely in between regular ones on occasion. Basically we pull up a hashtag and just talk about the...

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ASJP 15 — ALL TEH NEWS!!!!!!1one

This show we attempt a round-up style look at some of the bigger shenanigans in the social justice world. A “retarded school teacher” waxes lyrical about being trans’ allies. PZ Myers tackles the...

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ASJP 16 — This is Not a Game!

We could hardly avoid #GamerGate, as it seems to be named. Cue an opportunity for John to talk about things he actually has some knowledge of… while Zoe glazes over and tries not to fall asleep. That’s...

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ASJP 17 — Ants on Hills and Ableism

This show we finally managed to get it together with Anton A. Hill for a little talk about him, what he does, and why, as well as touching on Ableism and allowing Anton to give his perspective as a...

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The Lesser Spotted SJW

Being called a social justice warrior shouldn’t, one would think, be a negative thing. Social Justice, the plight of those striving to end sexism, racism, homophobia, whorephobia, transphobia, and a...

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ASJP 18 — Zoe on Body Image Part 1

In light of recent developments (you’ll have to listen to the podcast) we thought it fitting we do a podcast on body image. This turned out to be a bit of a sore subject for Zoe, who a near-two hour...

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ASJP 19 — Zoe on Body Image Part 2

No, we’re not going daily, this is part two of show 18’s talk on body image and all that good stuff. We (that is, Zoe) thought we should put part two up as soon as possible. John didn’t, but he has...

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ASJP S2E1 — No More No More Page 3

It’s the return of the Antisocial Justice Podcast! We’re calling this season 2, and we’ve made a few changes to the way we do things. In this show we talk a little about the podcast, then get right...

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ASJP Hashtag Special 2 — #WHITEALLYSHIT

In lieu of the intended interview that we recorded with the hosts of the Apostasy Now Podcast (which John lost), we bring you a hashtag special that we recorded in September 2014… and completely forgot...

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ASJP S2E2 — Two Penises!

So we finally re-recorded the lost interview with Mr DragonBeard and Smashlock of the Apostasy Now Podcast, and John finally edited and saved it without losing the audio! There’s much talk of Atheism,...

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ASJP S2E3 — Endorse It?

In this edition of ASJP, we talk about the Protein World debacle/fiasco/controversy, GamerGater’s trying to get oolon fired from his job, and a trans game developer demanding that Minecraft creator...

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ASJP S3E0 Ssssnake Is God

Sam De Gamer and I have a chance to speak with God Almighty. Snake IS God

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ASJP-24 Intro to Paula and Hypergamy

I welcome in our new co-host (or co-hostess) and we discuss her work, hypergamy, the Sargon petition, and autism.   Into/Outro Music – “Withering World” by Mark Reddman...

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ASJP-25-Triggly-Trump-And-Trudeau

Paula and I come unprepared and devolve into talking politics. Into/Outro Music – “Withering World” by Mark Reddman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxBZ1IvPC89P1KStTuceFg Paula’s Twitter:...

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ASJP-26-Brexit, Collectivism, and Wimbledon

Paula and I discuss the Brexit and other topical matters. Paula’s posts (referenced in the podcast): https://t.co/q3wO9lsv4Y  and https://t.co/swMo5g76gi Intro-Outro : Withering World by Mark Reddman...

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